REEL SUSPECTS @ CANNES 2016
BLOOD WINDOW SCREENING:
MONDAY 16th // 5:30 P.M // OLYMPIA 6 // PUBLIC SCREENING
MEXICO, 2016 // 80 MINUTES // DRAMA - HORROR
“WE ARE THE FLESH” IS A VERY PERSONAL, VERY POWERFUL FILM THAT DEEPLY IMPRESSED ME. EMILIANO ROCHA IS PART OF A NEW GENERATION OF FILMMAKERS WITH A POTENT TALENT AND VOICE".
ALEJANDRO G. INARRITU (OSCAR BEST DIRECTOR 2016, THE REVENANT, BIRDMAN)
"I LOVED THIS FILM... WE ARE THE FLESH TAKES OVER OUR WAKING THOUGHTS, LIKE A RECURRING DREAM WE TRY TO FORGET, BECAUSE WE ARE FEARFUL OF FINDING OUT THAT IT MAY BE A MEMORY".
ALFONSO CUARON (GRAVITY, HARRY POTTER)
ORIGINAL TITLE : Tenemos la Carne
DIRECTED BY : Emiliano Rocha Minter
CAST : Noé Hernández, María Evoli, Diego Gamaliel
SYNOPSIS : After wandering a ruined city for years in search of food and shelter, two siblings find their way into one of the last remaining buildings. Inside, they find a man who will make them a dangerous offer to survive the outside world.
PRODUCED BY : Piano
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Bright Future - Rotterdam IFFR
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MARKET SCREENING :
MONDAY 16th // 10:00 A.M // PALAIS E // BUYERS ONLY
MACEDONIA, 2016 // 103 MINUTES// CRIME - DRAMA
DIRECTED BY : Vardan Tozija
CAST : Deniz Abdula, Risto Burazdenov, Boris Damovski, Martin Gjorgoski, Nikola Ristanovski, Goran Stojanovski, Ljupcho Todorovski, Martin Zivkovski
SYNOPSIS : Phillip, one of the rough, marginalised, abandoned teenagers from a desolated suburban Juvenile Adoption Center, is forced by a corrupt police inspector to participate in a terrifying encounter which leads to severe consequences. Despite the futile attempts of his teacher, the only caring educator in the Center, to help out and put light on this incident in a country where power determines justice, and the efforts of his best friend Petar to persuade him to get over and forget the whole thing, something deep inside Phillip’s mind is broken beyond repair. This “tumor” devours his sanity, burns with rage for revenge, which he ultimately transfers to the other youngsters sharing his cruel fate. Incited by the awakening words of their educator who lost all hope, and Phillip as the emerging, ferocious leader of the pack, the lost boys resolutely embrace the path of violence, which takes them deep into the catacombs of the criminal underworld. Soon, all those who oppose or question their vigor, are considered enemies.
PRODUCED BY : Dream Factory Macedonia
MARKET SCREENING :
TUESDAY 17th // 10:00 A.M // GRAY 3 // BUYERS ONLY
MALAYSIA, 2016 // 102 MINUTES // FANTASY - THRILLER
DIRECTED BY : Dain Iskandar Said
CAST : Shaheizy Sam, Nicholas Saputra, Prisia Nasution, Nadiya Nisaa, Alvin Wong, Chew Kin Wah, Iedil Putra
SYNOPSIS : Detective Man enlists crime photographer Adam to help solve a series of bizarre murders in a city of dark secrets. The first murder 5 months ago was so gruesome, it triggered the disturbing visions that now haunt Adam. He retreats from the world, staying home and taking photos of his neighbours. Then, his seemingly innocuous pastime turns into a dark vision. Through his lens he spies Iva, an attractive young woman from Borneo, a new tenant in the apartment opposite. Adam is smitten and is soon entangled in her web of mystery and murder. As Adam is drawn further into Iva’s tribal world and Man delves deeper into his investigation, they discover the city’s mystical underbelly of shamans and supernatural beings as century-old superstitions come to life.
PRODUCED BY : Apparat
MARKET SCREENING :
TUESDAY 17th // 4:00 P.M // GRAY 5
LITHUANIA & LATVIA, 2016 // 103 MINUTES // DRAMA
DIRECTED BY : Ignas Miškinis
CAST : Vainius Sodeika, Aiste Dirziute, Paulius Ignatavicius, Dainius Gavenonis, Vidas Petkevicius, Juozas Rapalis
SYNOPSIS : Christmas Eve. A remote private clinic. A policeman guards a patient suspected of World War II crimes. Kastytis has been on duty for overtime but no one comes to replace him, and his superiors do not get in touch with him. Despite the uncertainty and the clinic's unfriendly staff Kastytis does not leave his post because he believes that a good cop must always complete his assignment. The nurse comes late to her shift. Always chatty, the girl manages to have a joyful word with everyone. Even with Kastytis. Unfortunately her careless treatment of the patient Kastytis is guarding makes him lose his temper. Their quarrel grows into a scuffle – a medicine trolley is knocked on the floor with a bang. An intervention is needed by the on-duty doctor and the security guards. Past sins and doings are remembered. The darkness of human infamy unravels in front of Kastytis' eyes, brightened only by Julia's smile.
PRODUCED BY : Tremora & Film Angels Productions
MARKET SCREENING :
FRIDAY 13th // 11:30 A.M // PALAIS D
USA, 2016 // 93 MINUTES // COMEDY - DRAMA
DIRECTED BY : Babak Jalali
CAST : Mohsen Namjoo, Kabul Dreams (Sulyman Qardash, Siddique Ahmed and Raby Adib), Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
SYNOPSIS : Radio Dreams follows an eccentric Iranian writer (Hamid) through his travails at a San Francisco–based satellite radio station. Unable to realize his artistic dreams in his home country, Hamid immigrates to the U.S. to pursue his writing career. Instead, he winds up working at a third-rate radio station, seeking artistic satisfaction through esoteric programming he puts together for his small radio audience. Meanwhile, the owners of the station try to cash in on Hamid’s only program they see fit for commercial success—the bringing together of Afghanistan’s first rock band, Kabul Dreams, for an on-air jam session with their idols, Metallica. The ensuing collision between artistic integrity and crass commercialism resonates with poignant hilarity, as Hamid fights to maintain his ambitions and moral compass.
PRODUCED BY : Butimar Productions
FESTIVALS: In Competition - Rotterdam IFFR // Official Selection - San Francisco IFF // Official Selection - Vilnius IFF // Official Selection - Taipei Golden Horse FFF
AWARDS : Hivos Tiger Award @ Rotterdam IFFR
MARKET SCREENING :
MONDAY 16th // 4:00 P.M // GRAY 5 // BUYERS ONLY
SPAIN, 2015 // 83 MINUTES// HORROR - EROTIC
DIRECTED BY : Victor Matellano
CAST : Caroline Munro, Christian Stamm, Veronica Bacorn, Marta Flich
SYNOPSIS : In 1974, a horror film titled “Vampyres” was premiered in England. It was an English production, written and directed by Joseph Larraz. Soon, it became a successful movie, especially because of its sensuality, its gruesomeness and its twisted atmosphere. This new version of the universe of “Vampyres” keeps its sensuality, its gruesomeness, its insolence and the twisted atmosphere, but includes more action, more horror and more gore, according to modern times. This is the story of two vamps that “live” in a dark manor where they bring men with the promise of sex orgies that finally become blood orgies.
PRODUCED BY : Artistic Metropole
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Sitges // Official Selection - Rojo Sangre // Official Selection - Nocturna
MARKET SCREENING :
FRIDAY 13th // 2:00 P.M // GRAY 5
FRANCE & GREECE, 2015 // 88 MINUTES // DRAMA – THRILLER
DIRECTED BY : Joyce A. Nashawati
CAST : Ziad Bakri, Yannis Stankoglou, Mimi Denissi, Louis do De Lencquesaing, Laurène Brun, Gwendoline Hamon, Yorgos Gallos, Thodoris Kandiliotis, Andreas Marianos, Sarah Krebs
SYNOPSIS : Greece. Sometime in the near future. A seaside resort struck by a heavy heat wave. Water is rare and violence is mounting. Ashraf, a solitary immigrant, is looking after a villa while its owners are away. On a dusty road crushed by the sun, he is stopped by a police officer for an identity check…
PRODUCED BY : Good Lap Production, TBC & Blonde SA In Coproduction With MPM Film & EFA Group
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Sitges // Official Selection - Dubaï IFF // Official Selection - Thessaloniki IFF // In Competition - Fantasporto // In Competition - Paris International Fantastic FF
AWARDS : FIPRESCI Prize @ Thessaloniki IFF
UK, 2016 // 90 MINUTES // HORROR
DIRECTED BY : Elizabeth E. Schuch
CAST : Ilirida Memedovski, Suzan Crowley, Kathryn Browning
SYNOPSIS : When, Birdie, fragile teenager with an overactive imagination is placed in an isolated Midwestern convent on the brink of closure, her strange and in some cases grotesque obsessions begin to consume her attention. Outside life beckons when she meets Julia, the confident, spirited maintenance girl, inspiring a growing infatuation. But privately, Birdie can’t turn away from her fascination with the gory and whimsical hallucinations that plague her. Birdie sets off on her spiritual quest to discover if the source of her visions is something saintly or a dark heresy. The convent itself holds ghosts of nuns who’ve met untimely deaths. Are they calling Birdie to the same fate?
PRODUCED BY : Melancholy Star
NETHERLANDS, 2016 // 101 MINUTES // DRAMA - EROTIC
DIRECTED BY : Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito
CAST : Daniil Vorobyov, Naomi Velissariou
SYNOPSIS : Out of Love encapsulates the sweltering and devastating dynamics of love in the turbulent relationship between Varya and Nikolai, where genuine love and hope contend with destruction and despair.
PRODUCED BY : Topkapi Films
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Bright Future - Rotterdam IFFR
FRANCE, 2015 // 83 MINUTES // DRAMA - THRILLER
DIRECTED BY : Fabrice Camoin
CAST : Marina Foïs, Sami Bouajila, Valérie Donzelli, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Rasha Bukvic, Jeanne Jestin
SYNOPSIS : Pierre, Maria, their daughter and their friend are in vacation. They just arrived in a small town where Nabil has murdered his young wife and her lover. The whole village is after him. That night, Maria sees her husband and her friend kissing. She wanders through the corridors of the hotel and finds Nabil, hidden on the roof. She decides to save him...
PRODUCED BY : Les Films du Poisson
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Montreal FFM
LATVIA - LITHUANIA, 2015 // 102 MINUTES // DRAMA - WAR
DIRECTED BY : Dāvis Sīmanis
CAST : Ulrich Matthes, Agnese Cīrule, Dmitrijs Javlovs, Leonīds Lencs, Toms Liepājnieks
SYNOPSIS : The final year of WWI. An exhausted German military surgeon Ulrich is sent to inspect a remote convalescent home for shell-shocked patients. The strange world he encounters where reality appears more like fiction is quite challenging for his cold rational mind. His fruitless efforts to remodel the place and an unexpected attachment to mysterious savage boy from the surrounding woods lead Ulrich to discover his one true self. Very soon this turned-out sanctuary will have to make its last stand against the approaching madness of the war.
PRODUCED BY : Locomotive Productions - Studio Uljana Kim
POLAND – ISRAEL // 2015 // 94 MINUTES // FANTASY - HORROR
DIRECTED BY : Marcin Wrona
SYNOPSIS : A young man is a stranger visiting the hometown of his future wife. As a wedding gift from the bride’s grandfather, he receives a piece of land where the two can build a house and raise a happy family. While preparing the land to build the house, he finds the bones of human bodies in the ground beneath his new property. Strange things begin to happen to change this happy couple’s life forever.
CAST : Itay Tiran, Tomasz Schuchardt, Andrzej Grabowski, Adam Woronowicz, Wlodzimierz Press, Tomasz Zietek, Katarzyna Gniewkowska, Agnieszka Zulewska
PRODUCED BY : Magnet Man Film
FESTIVALS : Official Selection Vanguard - Toronto IFF // Official Selection - Haifa // In Competition - Sitges // In Competition - FIFB Bordeaux // In Competition - FantasticFest // In Competition - Gdynia // In Competition - Cottbus // Official Selection - Minsk // Official Selection - Stockholm IFF // Official Selection - Fanomenon Leeds // Official Selection - Cineuropa Spain // In Competition - Tallinn Black Nights // In Competition - Warsaw FF // Official Selection - “White Nights” Fantasy Film Fest // Special Event - Trieste FF // Official Selection - New Directors / New Films // Official selection - Belgrade IFF // Official Selection - Dublin IFFF // Official Selection - HKIFF // Official Selection - Vilnius IFF // Official Selection - Istanbul FF // Official Selection - Taipei Golden Horse FFF
AWARDS : Special Mention of the jury @ Cottbus // Best Photography @ Sitges
Best Horror Feature @ FantasticFest // Tobias Szpancer Award for Best Film in "Between Judaism and Israelism" @ Haifa Film Festival // Special Mention of the Jury in "Best Erasmus +" @ FIFI Bordeaux // Silver Méliès @ BIFF
ARGENTINA, 2013 // 92 MINUTES // THRILLER - EROTIC
DIRECTED BY : Tamae Garateguy
CAST : Mónica Lairana, Luján Ariza, Guadalupe Docampo, Edgardo Castro, Nicolás Goldschmidt, Guillermo Pfening, Germán de Silva, Hernán Bustos, Javier de Pietro
SYNOPSIS : She Wolf is a serial killer who traps her men in the subway in Buenos Aires. She seduces, has sex with them and kills them. But one of those men is a police officer who is investigating her crimes. Running away from him she meets a dealer with whom she stars a relationship. This romance unravels a war between her three personalities: the monster woman, the sensual woman and the human woman who can still love.
PRODUCED BY : Crudo Films
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Denver IFF // Official Selection - Fantastic Fest // Official Selection - International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema // Official Selection - BIFAN // Official Selection - Fantaspoa
AWARDS : Award of the Best Movie and Best Actress @ Cleveland IFF
FRANCE, 1996 // 90 MINUTES // CULT - DRAMA
DIRECTED BY : Sandrine Veysset
CAST : Dominique Reymond, Daniel Duval
SYNOPSIS : At a farm in Provence, a protective and devoted mother raises her seven children while struggling at work. The father, a real old-style patriarch, frequently absent, leads a double life. The difficult daily life at the farm is punctuated by the rhythm of the seasons and through microevents in the family which tend to bring the children closer to their mother. One day, while going to pick up his daughter at the bus stop, the father is taken by an incestuous temptation…
PRODUCED BY : Ognon Pictures
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Cinema in France @ Cannes Film Festival 1996
AWARDS : César award for Best First Film @ Césars1997 // Special Jury Award and Best Feminine Performance Award @ the 11th Paris Film Festival // Price Louis-Delluc
